Cleaning sticky keys?

A few months ago I spilled coffee on my macbook pro.I took it into to the Apple store and luckily no damage was done and the guy at the genius bar cleaned some of the keys for me.Everything worked fine until recently some of the keys have been a little sticky.Ive read that you're supposed to clean them with a little alcohol and a cotton swab...is this the best way to do this?If not what should I use to get rid of the stickiness?
Thanks

LUCKED OUT! Nice
Is it correct to assume the key is sticking in when you type?
How I solved mine is I popped the key out (small flat head on the LEFT side of the key should do it) and take the mechanism and cleaned it with alcohol.
Putting it back in is simple as well. Just hook the mechanism into the keyboard, and then put the key on top and push it in until it clicks.
There's a couple of good videos detailing this.
This is one I used
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh88cn_rtLo

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